Last night I made a Lemon Turkey Soup with veggies and bean thread noodles. Lemon? you might ask. The smokey lemon flavouring was inspired by the Japanese dobin-mushi. Light with smokey flavours and a nice lemony twinge that freshens up the soup, making it refreshing. In my version of an Italian-esque soup, I used turkey [...]
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Île Flottante de Caramel by Kaishin Chu © 2010 Île Flottante de Caramel / Floating Island with Caramel: a spongy and light meringue encased in a caramelized sugar cage, floating in a creme anglaise sauce. decadent yet light. This was the highlight of the meal, outside of getting to know a man who knew my father before [...] Sorry to those that have noticed the lack of postings lately. It’s been a tough few months in my personal life as life in the relationship department took an unexpected turn. Dealing with the shock, hurt, sadness, and missing someone dear, has left me less inspired to cook and photograph, as this was ritual built [...] Grilled Bliss © kaishin chu 2009 With the hot weather, though much hotter than I’d like it for evening BBQ’s, we gather with good friends of ours for family style Sunday night dinners al fresco. N+S have a fabulous roof top terrace where we come together with food to combine and grill for our feast. [...] Photograph by kaishin chu © 2009. The Bonus – Basil Pistachio Pesto Well, after lamenting over the loss of production from my basil plants, I had a colander full of uninfested basil leaves that were rescued one by one from the culled stalks. J washed and cleaned these one by one to make sure there [...] scalloped and pretty © Kaishin Chu 2008. Purple potatoes layered with onions, and yellow potatoes. Drizzle layers with olive oil and sprinkling of sea salt and fresh black pepper. cover with tin foil and bake till almost tender, then remove foil to brown the top layer while finishing up the cooking. remove to cool a [...] Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2008. For the first time, I cooked with lamb. Bought a lovely pkg of lamb leg steaks, organic to boot! Med rare seems to work best here. Also for the first time, cooked the quinoa with some tomato juice (V8 was used) along with water. The flavour was richer [...] scalloped and pretty, originally uploaded by .kaishin.. purple potatoes layered with onions, and yellow potatoes. drizzle layers with olive oil and sprinkling of sea salt and fresh black pepper. cover with tin foil and bake till almost tender, then remove foil to brown the top layer while finishing up the cooking. remove to cool a [...] Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2007. Finally got around fine tuning the Glaze recipe. Sorry for the wait Heather! Sesame Soy Garlic/Ginger Glaze 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce (or any other soy based sauce, Memmi or Teriyaki works well too) 1 Tbsp Cooking wine 1 tsp Crushed garlic 1/2 tsp crushed ginger (optional) 1 tsp [...] (Italian style Meatballs or Burger Patties) Photo posted by Kaishin Chu © 2007. I made a scrumptious ground meat recipe that worked both for meatballs and hamburger patties. I did spaghetti the classic Italian way for Jason, while I used kamut rotini for myself, since I’m to avoid wheat and rice. 2 kg Ground Pork [...] |
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